department store

Example Sentences

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As fast as she could, my mother went to the schoolbook section of Gimbel’s department store and brought home teachers’ reading books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett and the late Vice Chairman Charlie Munger famously regretted their decision to buy a department store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Macy’s faces declining department store views, but Bloomingdale’s comparable sales increased 7% last year.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

With its brass rails and swing doors it has the feel of an old-fashioned department store.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

She is walking down Fulton Street in her mauve velour jogging suit, past the shabby May’s department store with mannequins from another era, past shuttered shops and bus-stop benches draped with sleeping bums.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García